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CSA A23.3-04/NBC 2005 live load factors

It is recommended that, in order to get the appropriate factors, you draw:

  • assembly loads less than 4.8 kPa (or important live loads) on a Live (Unreducible) layer
  • assembly loads of 4.8 kPa or more, manufacturing, retail stores, garages, or footbridge on Live (Parking) layer
  • storage areas, and equipment areas and service rooms referred to in Table 4.1.5.3 on Live (Storage) layer
  • live loads other than those covered by clause 4.1.5.9 sentences 1) and 2) on a Live (Reducible) layer